It is here, in the tangles of branches and softness of moss where most secretive of the Faerie live. Many things may lie in the turn of the path. Perhaps a cottage awaits where a wise woman will teach you the secrets of her garden. Or perhaps you will find a maiden enclosed within a coffin of glass, waiting in stillness for the touch of lips upon her own. Or perhaps you will find a castle surrounded by briar. It is within the forest that many adventures of Faerie begin. The strange mists that filter through the stillness often form into vague shapes of beasts and monsters, confusing and frightening the mortal traveler. This place is a place of illusions, of voices and sounds and seeings that will try to take the traveler from off her path, lead her into the forest, and make her forever lost within. Perhaps she will remember to gather pebbles to drop behind her as she investigates the strange and beautiful music that floats through the air with the mist.
(author unknown to me)

Thursday, January 17, 2008

sprites


Sprites are playful nature spirits that live in ponds, trees or other cool and serene places. They often play with nymphs and butterflies and were charged with changing the color of the leaves in autumn, each one comes fully equipped with bright orange & yellow paints and several paint brushes to make sure his/her job is done properly. Sprites are also some of the most creative of the faekith ... They are muses to artists and poets and can bond to humans or elves, in which case they stay for the rest of their lives. There are also weather-Sprites who deal with the clouds and rain, but that's normally done by particular rogue Faeries who like to cause havoc !!

7 comments:

Bimbimbie said...

Those rogue weather-Sprites are playing with clouds up here and preventing the playful Sprites playing with the butterflies *!*

Kim Campbell said...

I love the animated faery! The colors are so pretty.

gma said...

draw...did you say draw? I love to draw...i'll draw you a picture.
:-)

Patty said...
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Patty said...

I love the sprites

Tracy said...

The Sprites sound utterly fascinating!

zuzu said...

hummm =^..^=

I'm thinking I have Sprites at the pond!
Oh yes, indeed I must.

I without doubt have noted those little stinker ones in norhtern California lately. The ones that like to play havoc with the weather? Yep Yep Yep! They have been here!

--xx's zU